16 Count Crayola GemTones Crayons: What's Inside the Box

Why do I love the GemTones? I loved how they sparkled on things when I used them as a kid. I had not seen anything like it before. And they were also named after precious stones, ie Pink Pearl, Rub, Emerald, Rose Quartz. What little girl does not love stones?

GemTones were first released in Canada and then made available in the United States in 1993. During these years Crayola was experimenting with glitter crayons. It is unknown what medium was used for the glitter effect. I still have my box of GemTones from my childhood and bought another box from eBay recently. My box from my childhood is definitely used. The first box did included a regular black crayon. I think Crayola included it to use for outlining the drawings.This blog post contains affiliate links.